Tag: interest rates
Fed Funds Futures Smash Through Support
Is The Age Of Zero Interest Rates Over?
On November 9 I wrote a post detailing why interest rates may be on the rise. Or...
Is The Federal Reserve Ready To Tempt Fate In December?
I want to take a few minutes to update you on my thoughts regarding the domestic and global economy, the Federal Reserve, and the...
Will The US Dollar Index Top With A Fed Rate Hike?
Investors across the board are convinced that higher rates are coming. So what could this mean for the global financial markets?
Conventional wisdom would say that higher...
What History Says About Fed Rate Hike Cycles And Stocks
Gathering Perspective From Past Fed Rate Hike Cycles
Based on 30-day Fed fund futures prices, the CME Group estimates a 74% probability the Federal Reserve...
The Canaries Are Quiet: All Eyes On The Federal Reserve
The Canaries Are Quiet
In the late summer months of 2015 the Federal Reserve were actively discussing the possibility of raising the Federal Funds rate...
Will The Fed Raise Rates? What Fed Funds Futures Are...
Will the FED raise interest rates? I have no clue.
Will the FED NOT raise interest rates? I have no clue.
What do I know? I...
Will The Federal Reserve Kill The Economy?
Last week the Federal Reserve shocked the markets by emphasizing that a December interest rate hike was “squarely back in play”. As a result,...
Curve Ball: Is The Yield Curve Still A Dependable Signal?
Over the last 30 years, there has been a widely held belief, supported by data, in the predictive powers of the “slope” of the...
O Wage Inflation, Where Art Thou?
The labor markets have been improving steadily since the financial crisis. Some people would argue that the US is at or near full employment....
Are Low Inflation Expectations Limiting A Fed Rate Hike?
“Most of my colleagues and I anticipate that it will likely be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate sometime...
